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1. What is syntax?
a. The group of syllables formed by a consonant plus all of
the vowels in a language
b. The ordering of words into meaningful verbal patterns
such as phrases, clauses, and sentences.
c. The letters, syllables, diacritics, and parts of syllables
such as consonant clusters and vowel clusters
d. The formation of a word by imitating the natural sound
associated with the object or action. For example, the
"crack" of the bat, or the "twang" of the guitar strings

2. What is phonological awareness?

a. The understanding that speech is composed of subparts -- sentences are comprised of words, words are
comprised of syllables
b. The part of the syllable that precedes the vowel of a
syllable
c. An approach to reading instruction that emphasized
memorization of whole words
d. The group of syllables formed by a consonant plus all of
the vowels in a language

3. What is a metaphor?
a. A phrase, construction, or expression that is understood
in a given language
b. The repetition of initial phoneme either across syllables
or across words. For example, "Happy hippos hop on
Harry"
c. A word which does not have lexical meaning, which
primarily serves to express a grammatical relationship
d. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is used in
place of a more literal description

4. What is decoding?
a. Using knowledge of the conventions of spelling-sound
relationships and knowledge about pronunciation of
irregular words to derive a pronunciation of written
words
b. A writing system wherein each spoken word in the
language is represented by a unique symbol
c. The practice of representing a single phoneme, syllable,
or morpheme with two or more symbols in a writing
system
d. An abstract combination of consonants and vowels

5. What is a paradox?
a. A brief and often simple narrative that illustrates a moral
or religious lesson
b. The question or problem that is the basic idea of a story
c. A statement that initially appears to be contradictory but
then, on closer inspection, turns out to make sense
d. A play on words that relies on a words having more
than one meaning or sounding like another word

6. What is personification?
a. A form of writing where human characteristics are
attributed to non-human things
b. An alias used by a writer desiring not to use his or her
real name. Also known as pen name
c. A light, humorous style of fixed form poetry, usually of
five lines and a subject matter which is silly
d. The use of words that resemble the sound they denote.
For example hiss or buzz

7. What is a criterion referenced test?

a. Evaluating by asking for the behavior the learning is
intended to produce.
b. Observations which allow one to determine the degree
to which students know or are able to do a given
learning task
c. Quantitative description of student learning and
qualitative description of student attitude
d. A test in which the results can be used to determine a
student's progress toward mastery of a content area

8. What are the first ten amendments of the

U.S. Constitution commonly referred to as?
a. The Preamble
b. The Establishment Clause
c. The Bill of Rights
d. The Declaration of Independence

9. If you were studying the early the 1860s in U.S. history, your students
would most likely be learning about what major event(s)?

a. Manifest Destiny
b. Progressive Era
c. U.S. Civil War
d. Reconstruction
e. both c and d

10. Which religion considers Jesus the greatest

prophet?

a. Hinduism
b. Buddhism
c. Islam
d. none of the above

Answers:
1. b
2. a
3. d
4. a
5. c
6. a
7. d
8. c
9. c
10.c